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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-BE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-BE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-BE>CETAF is launching a new initiative to reward<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> early-career researchers</span></strong>, within the fields of taxonomy, biodiversity and geodiversity science, who base their research on natural science collections. <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>E-SCORE - Excellence in Scientific Collections-based Research</span></strong>, is a celebration of the new generation of scientists who have shown dedication to the use of collections that help document, describe and understand life on earth, and the processes that have shaped it. The award also celebrates the United Nations endorsed International Day for Biological Diversity, which falls annually on the 22nd of May to commemorate the 1992 adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity. CETAF will award E-SCORE for the first time in 2020 to mark the end of the UN International Decade of Biodiversity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>The foundations of E-SCORE are the natural-scientific <b>collections</b> that are hosted, preserved and curated in research organisations across the European Community and in associated countries with CETAF member institutions. The research staff of these institutions explore and document diversity in nature. The knowledge they collectively build provides a foundation on which policies and initiatives for nature conservation and the protection of natural resources are based. By awarding E-SCORE, CETAF wishes to highlight the significance of collections-based research in the fight against biodiversity loss and climate change.<o:p></o:p></p><h3><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>FEATURES</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-BE>The prize will be given annually and consists of three parts: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=en-BE>A cash prize of 1,000 €;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=en-BE>Financial support (up to 1,000 €) to facilitate a scientific visit of the Award Winner to one of the <a href="https://cetaf.org/members/cetaf-members" target="_blank">CETAF institutes</a>;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=en-BE>An invitation to the next CETAF Governing Board meeting for a (virtual) presentation of the winning research.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>For more information, including eligibility criteria and the application form, go to the <a href="https://cetaf.org/news/cetaf-e-score-award-excellence-research-based-natural-science-collections-first-edition-2020">CETAF website</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Please spread this announcement widely in your networks and encourage all deserving young researchers to participate!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-BE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-BE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Karsten Gödderz</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F467C;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Project Coordinator</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F467C;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>CETAF, AISBL</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>+32 (0) 2 627 42 50</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="mailto:karsten.goedderz@cetaf.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0563C1'>karsten.goedderz@cetaf.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img border=0 width=100 height=77 style='width:1.0416in;height:.802in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D5B670.342797A0" alt="cid:c25b9fcb-6fab-4aa0-90c6-9864ef4ce100"></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#0F467C;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>CONSORTIUM OF EUROPEAN TAXONOMIC FACILITIES</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>c/o Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>rue Vautier, 29 1000, Brussels. 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